The following agencies, boards, and commissions, including all of the allied, advisory, affiliated, or related entities, as well as the employees, funds, property and all contractual rights and obligations associated with any such agency, except for those subdivisions specifically included under another department, are hereby transferred to and incorporated in and shall be administered as part of the Department of Public Safety to be initially divided into divisions for Highway Patrol, State Police, and Training and Continuing Education.

1. (A) Law Enforcement Hall of Fame, formerly provided for in Section 23-25-10, et seq.;
2. (B) State Highway Patrol, formerly provided for in Section 23-5-10, et seq.;
3. (C) Public Service Commission Safety Enforcement, formerly provided in Section 58-3-310;
4. (D) Public Safety Division, formerly of the Governor's Office.

HISTORY: 1993 Act No. 181, Section 1; 1996 Act No. 459, Section 3; 2003 Act No. 51, Section 8; 2012 Act No. 119, Section 1, eff February 1, 2012.

Effect of Amendment

The 2012 amendment removed former subsection (D), which read: "Law Enforcement Training Council, formerly provided for in Section 23-23-30, et seq.", and renumbered subsection (E) as subsection (D).